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SCP-1863 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-1863
Expected annual
$58.9M
One-time setup
$21.7M
Annual recurring
$58.4M
Personnel
212
Up-front capital costs are substantial (~$21.7M) for facility retrofits, production/medical equipment, and initial suppression/procurement; recurring annual costs are dominated by cohort housing and long-term care, staff wages, medical support, and research (~$58.4M/yr). Main drivers are ongoing per-person custodial care and the requirement to permanently firewall and sustain two antagonistic cohorts.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $21.7M
Secure Removal And Public Suppression $10.0M
[#1] Town buyout, recall, media-control, travel, safehouses, and short-term relocation/compensation.
Equipment $5.6M
[#3, #12, #21, #26] On-site beverage production line and QC, life-support/ventilators and hyperbaric equipment, initial monitoring devices, and core IT/communications hardware.
Facilities $3.5M
[#7, #17, #19, #23, #28] BSL-3 containment retrofit, aggression-mitigation retrofits, plumbing/wastewater retrofit, isolation/trauma suite, and incinerator/major structural items. Estimates aggregated from individual ranges given.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $750K
[#22] Initial lab buildout and research setup for biological/chemical investigation.
Gas Handling Infrastructure $700K
[#5] Explosion-proof storage, inerting systems, detectors and initial certifications for hydrogen/flammable gas handling.
Procurement And Corporate Assets Seizure $500K
[#2] Purchase/seizure of remaining anomalous stock and corporate archives (international legal/covert ops).
Transport Vehicles And Retrofit $300K
[#20] Secure/armored vans and retrofit for safe movement of subjects and bottled stock.
Long Term Stock Storage $200K
[#6] Vaulted climate-controlled storage segregation (A vs B) to maintain gas saturation.
Training Program Setup $75K
[#15] Initial training and behavioral-protocol program creation and rollout (praise scripting, rehearsals, compliance systems).
Emergency Stockpile Build $40K
[#13] Initial build of redundant stockpiles (months' supply) and associated one-off storage preparation.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $58.4M/yr
Cohort Housing And Basic Care $30.0M/yr
[#9] Recurring costs of secure rooms, 24/7 care, food, laundry, utilities and administrative overhead for subjects (per-person care for ~200 persons).
Staff Wages $12.2M/yr
[#10, #11] Security officers and medical staff wages (fully burdened).
Contingency Reserve $7.6M/yr
[#25] Contingency fund (15% of recurring operations) for public-health costs, liability, and unexpected remediation/compensation.
Psychological Care For Subjects $3.0M/yr
[#16] Long-term addiction management and behavior therapy for subjects.
Research And Monitoring $2.1M/yr
[#22, #21] Ongoing research program budget and monitoring telemetry/monitoring service costs.
Cover Story And Legal $1.0M/yr
[#24] Legal, diplomatic, covert-ops overhead, and amnestics/dealings.
Firewalling Personnel Premium $750K/yr
[#14] Premium/payroll overhead for duplicate teams and staffing firewalling (25–50% personnel premium).
Logistics And Transport $350K/yr
[#20] Fuel, maintenance, drivers and operational costs for secure transport fleet.
Personnel Rotation And Psych Support $350K/yr
[#27] Counseling, polygraph/psych evals, rotation scheduling and secrecy premiums.
Supplies And Consumables $238K/yr
[#4, #18] Beverage raw ingredients/packaging/industrial gas per production and PPE/decon consumables.
Incident Response And Drills $150K/yr
[#23] Ongoing readiness, drills, emergency teams and trauma-readiness consumables.
Auditing And Compliance $150K/yr
[#29] Internal and external audits, containment reviews and access-control testing.
Facilities Maintenance $120K/yr
[#8] HVAC/HEPA filter changes, extra utilities and energy for containment systems.
It Maintenance And Audits $120K/yr
[#26] Maintenance and audits for comms-control, restricted networks and surveillance systems.
Incineration Disposal Fees $100K/yr
[#28] Ongoing contracted disposal fees and incinerator maintenance for contaminated materials.
Wastewater Treatment Disposal $60K/yr
[#19] Treatment and disposal costs for segregated effluent and chemical neutralization.
Gas Handling Inspections And Supply $50K/yr
[#5] Periodic inspections, regulatory recertification and ongoing industrial gas supply for operations.
Training And Behavioral Refreshers $35K/yr
[#15] Annual refresher training, compliance audits and behavioral protocol rehearsal costs.
Stock Storage Energy $20K/yr
[#6] Energy costs for climate-controlled storage of bottled stock.
Wastewater And Incident Related Operations $0/yr
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Containment Scale Reference $0/yr
[#30] Reference figures for per-person and cohort scale sensitivity; no direct cost included here.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $58.4M/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal year with steady operations, no major incidents; ongoing supply, care, and research continue as budgeted.
stable_containment regular_maintenance no_breaches
🚨 Minor Incident $60.4M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Localized mixed-ingestion or small outbreak requiring emergency medical response, limited PR/legal actions, and replenishment of affected stockpiles.
small_mixed_ingestion localized_exposure supply_disruption
🚨 Major Breach $73.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$15.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or public exposure requiring large-scale suppression, buyouts, international legal actions, and major repairs/rebuilds.
large_scale_exposure town-level_discovery coordinated_leak_or_attack
👥 Personnel 212 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 120 [#10] 24/7 armed security teams, duplicate staffing for A/B separation; count supports continuous coverage for a ~200-person program.
Medical Officer 20 [#11, #12] Physicians, nurses and respiratory/ICU techs to manage SCP-1863-specific physiology and trauma; numbers scaled up from small-team estimates.
Support Staff / Caregivers 40 [#9] Daily housing support, food service, laundry, and non-specialized care for subjects.
Research Scientist 8 [#22] Biological/chemical research team working on treatments/antidotes and experiments under containment.
Engineer / Maintenance 6 [#5, #8, #19] HVAC, gas-handling, plumbing, and equipment maintenance staff.
Administrative Staff 10 [#1, #24] Scheduling, logistics, legal liaison, and covert-ops administrative overhead.
IT / Comms / Surveillance 6 [#26, #21] Secure networks, monitoring systems, and comms control staff.
Site Director / Executive Staff 2 Overall site and program leadership and executive oversight.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items have wide published ranges and depend heavily on cohort size assumptions and operational choices (e.g., production vs. buyout). Physical capital estimates are better constrained; long-term recurring personnel and care costs carry more uncertainty.
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